happily

happily
happily [{{t}}'hæpɪlɪ]
adverb
(a) (contentedly → say, smile) d'un air heureux; (→ play, chat) tranquillement;
∎ I could live here very happily je serais très heureux ici;
∎ we were sitting there quite happily watching television nous étions installés tout tranquillement devant la télévision;
∎ they lived happily ever after (at end of fairy tale) ≃ ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d'enfants;
∎ I thought that when you got married you lived happily ever after je croyais que quand on se mariait, on vivait heureux jusqu'à la fin de ses jours;
∎ to be happily married (man) être un mari comblé; (woman) être une épouse comblée;
∎ I always thought you two were happily married j'ai toujours pensé que vous étiez un couple heureux
(b) (gladly) volontiers;
∎ she said she would happily give her consent elle a dit qu'elle donnerait volontiers son accord ou qu'elle serait heureuse de donner son accord;
∎ I could quite happily live here je me verrais très bien vivre ici;
∎ I could quite happily strangle him j'ai bien envie de l'étrangler;
∎ he'll quite happily say one thing and do the opposite ça ne le gêne pas de dire une chose et de faire exactement le contraire
(c) (luckily) heureusement;
∎ happily, no one was hurt heureusement, il n'y a pas eu de blessés
(d) (appropriately) heureusement, avec bonheur;
∎ a very happily chosen turn of phrase une tournure de phrase très heureuse
ⓘ And they all lived happily ever after Il s'agit de la formule qui clôt tous les contes de fées en anglais ("et tous vécurent heureux pour toujours"), dont l'équivalent français est "ils vécurent heureux et eurent beaucoup d'enfants". Aujourd'hui on utilise cette phrase de façon allusive et parfois sur le mode sarcastique, comme dans l'exemple suivant: Neil and Maggie were supposed to live happily ever after but actually divorced after six months ("Neil et Maggie étaient censés vivre heureux et avoir beaucoup d'enfants mais finalement ils ont divorcé au bout de six mois").

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